Secondary brain cancer. Coloured coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan through the brain of a 48-year-old female smoker with metastatic (secon
Secondary brain cancer. Coloured coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan through the brain of a 48-year-old female smoker with metastatic (secondary) brain cancer that has spread from a primary lung cancer. The secondary cancer (round, orange) is at upper centre, in the brain's left hemisphere, in the parieto-occipital area. It is surrounded by peri-lesional oedema. Smoking can cause lung cancer. Once a cancer has spread, the prognosis is poor. This is a T2-weighted MRI scan with gadolinium injection.
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